# buba
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba buba.

### Noun

buba (plural bubas)
* A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbu.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈbu.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbu.ba]

### Noun

buba f (plural bubes)
* pimple
    Synonym: bua
* pox

#### Derived terms

* bua

#### Related terms

* bubó

### Further reading

* “buba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Dení
### Noun

buba f
* walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
* floor made from the wood of the walking palm
* floor

### References

* “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuba/

### Noun

buba
* biceps

### References

* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bûba/
* Hyphenation: bu‧ba

### Noun

bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)
* bug
* beetle

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “buba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Compare Yoruba bùbá (“outer garment”), Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu.ba/

### Noun

buba
* skin
** 1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad‎, Amsterdam, page 4:Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre[Piri mi na buba fu na nengre]Strip me that Negro's skin off
* (by extension), skin colour, race
** 1985, “Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)”, in Anne-Marie Hunsel (lyrics), Bob Dylan (music), Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)‎, performed by Anne-Marie Hunsel:Ini mi dren mi ben syi / fa Srananman ben makandra / Ala buba ben kon na wan / Ke Masra, mi winsi a ben de truIn my dream, I saw / how the Surinamese were getting along / All races had united / Oh Lord, I wish it were true
* fur, fleece
* peel
* shell, husk, crust, bark
* sapwood
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba sosoYour canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.
* sheath

#### Derived terms

* kawbuba (“cowhide”)
* leribuba (“belt”)
* mofobuba (“lip”)
* yesibuba (“earlobe”)

#### Descendants

* Aukan: buba
* Saramaccan: búba

### References

* ↑ G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎, →ISSN, page 56

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

buba class IX (plural buba class X)
* yaws

### References

* M J F Cooper (2007 November 15) Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook, 2nd edition, Lulu.com, page 56

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.ba/

### Verb

buba
* (stative) alternative form of boba (“to call, summon”)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Likely from a Songhay language, compare Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), Sranan Tongo buba (“skin”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bù.bá/

### Noun

bùbá
* (fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women
    Synonym: bùbá obìnrin
* (fashion) top or outer garment worn by men
    Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin
* (fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada